Liz Lawrence sings subtly effective folk music, accompanied with acoustic backing band. This album was made for putting on in bed in the morning. She contends with the human condition; growing up, painting the future as observed from the past and falling / being in love. The tracks alternate between upbeat anthems and down-tempo moodiness. They are [...]

This was the debut year for Festival 6 in the magical Portmeirion, the setting of cult programme The Prisoner, the one with Patrick McGoohan, also played Danger Man. While relaying my obvious inner geek I must add that just to go to the place of where the TV show was shot was enough for me. [...]

As fine a modern folk band they are, Mumford & Sons are no exception to the controversial slaps that tend to hit a band when returning with album No2. Although they have been blessed with recognition for the folk jangling effort that hooked hearts worldwide in ‘Sigh No More’, ‘Babel’ quite simply, needs to be [...]

So here we are Quenched music and Stealing Sheep, must say I am a fan of live stock however how did your name come about? Stealing Sheep:- Well I’m afraid it’s got nothing to do with how much we love sheep… It came from a friend of Becky’s who was talking about the newspaper headlines [...]

With the bank holiday fast approaching I want something different enter Ravelength Festival a three day festival at Retro Bar, we caught up with Ste the organiser. Hi Ste, you’ve been running great nights all around the North for a while, but have you ever taken on anything like this before? Ste-This will be the [...]

Today Quenched Music is joined by Bradley Thompson and Luke Bainbridge (Observer Journalist), Festival Director and Head of arts and culture of Festival No.6, one of the UK’s newest festivals, which is based in picturesque Portmeirion and has captured the imagination of the public. As a massive fan of the idea of this festival and massive fan [...]

I approached the Hawley in Camden to meet the lovely Liz Lawrence (alliteration not deliberate I’d hasten to add) The Hawley is one of my favourite destinations in Camden. However I leave that out just in case she feels I’m some crazed stalker or fan sometimes one in the same. Anyway this is what happened [...]

In the context of this festival, a dot could be anything: a venue, a genre, a band, a friendship circle. However you choose to label it, this one-day extravangza of eclectic musical talent has effortlessly joined all the important dots on this Manchester Sunday. It would be impractical to name all the bands on show, [...]

Not many grime MCs can count Jack White as a fan, but then Random Impulse isn’t your ordinary grime MC. With an electric guitar slung over his shoulder and the support of a live band on stage, Jovel Walker’s brand of smart, fast-paced lyrics and rock guitar riffs have earned the rapper tours with the likes [...]

The crowd tonight belied the excitement leading up to the sold out show at Soup Kitchen, they seem pretty serious and subdued to be honest I can’t decide whether they’re too cool for school, hung over from the street party or anticipating the Canadian bands arrival. The perfect paradox to the goddess of light that [...]